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CD 7 candidates push change

The City Council’s District 7 race in the spring primary has no incumbent on paper, but the race is shaping up as a classic battle between a political insider with money and organization against three less-experienced challenges. Daily News

Felipe Fuentes, a former Assemblyman who has also worked as an aide at City Hall, is the only candidate to report any fundraising, with more than $163,000 for the March 5 primary election. Much of it came from a variety of sources that include Sacramento political action committees, unions and developers.

While Fuentes is seen as the candidate to beat, he is facing challenges from Nicole Chase, a development and marketing director at the Boys & Girls Club of the San Fernando Valley; Krystee Clark, an actress and producer; and David Barron, an employee with city housing code enforcement.